The Project on Middle East Political Science announces a call for proposals for POMEPS Travel – Research – Engagement (TRE) grants for 2027. Awards of up to $3,000 will be offered to support research ...

In the context of the current US and Israeli wars on Iran (and Lebanon) and during what appears to be the eclipse of US primacy, we brought together a group of scholars with expertise on the “weak” st...

International Conference Panels Travel Grant Call for Panel Proposals: International Conference Panels Travel Grant APSA is pleased to announce a call for

“Propaganda of the Victims”: Atrocity Denial, Ethnic Nationalism, and the Disparagement of Assyrians in Middle East Studies

A study of reproducibility in a stratified random sample of 600 papers published from 2009 to 2018 in 62 journals spanning the social and behavioural sciences finds higher reproducibility among more&n...

Sean Yom, Temple University   How do we understand the persistence of US hegemony in the Arabian Gulf? Nearly two decades ago, President Barack Obama announced a “pivot to Asia,” in which US grand str...

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Iraq has long balanced between Washington and Tehran, but the coming weeks will test Iraq’s resolve and capability like never before.

As Iraqis head to the polls in November 2025, what do the elections reveal about the country’s struggles over power, governance, and survival? In Contested City: Citizen Advocacy and Survival in Moder...

The last two decades have seen dramatic and transformative evolution in the forms, organizations, ideas and practices of political movements of all descriptions across North Africa and the Sahel.  Pop...

The stunning collapse of the Assad regime in December 2024 has thrown up crucial questions about the future of Syria and the Syrian people. For example, is Syria transitioning mainly from fourteen yea...

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The Middle East and North Africa Politics Section of the American Political Science Association (APSA) seek nominations for several awards recognizing exceptional contributions to the field that integ...

Our new book is sadly relevant in memory of the great James Scott; plus this week's MENA Academy weekly roundup.